A common way of showing extreme anger for a character is to have them burst (whole or in part) into flames. This can either be a visual metaphor for anger, or played literally if they possess fire-manipulating abilities. Depending on the level of anger as well as the tone of the setting, it can range from merely steam coming out of their ears to a full blown volcanic eruption, and everything in between.

Sanji in One Piece, occasionally. He burned up so much in Thriller Bark over the thought of an "invisible man" (Absalom) peeping on Nami that he sent out shockwaves. At one point Chopper said, "Awesome! He exploded!" He even weaponized it in the Fishman island arc where he used it as an finishing attack after thinking about the last two years he spent on Kamabakka Island

An earlier episode that took places in a haunted house had Jessie get so mad, her hair catches fire. She runs around screaming from the fire until she puts it out, leaving her bald.

In the "Sweet & Sour Puss" episode of Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, Dedede explodes into a volcanic rage wreathing himself with a firey glow both around his eyes and his body after Togeira stores enough anger within itself to unleash a mega-attack on his own castle. He even screams "Now it's payback time!" as he does so.

When Natsu from Fairy Tail gets pissed he gets covered in flames and gets even stronger. Give that he's the FireDragon Slayer, it's rather appropriate. It becomes even more darkly appropriate with The Reveal that he is (or at least was) also an Etherious, a demon of Zeref whose power and brand of magic is fueled by feelings of anger and hatred. Specifically, E.N.D., the mightiest of all of Zeref's demons and the one made to kill him.

In one of the Ranma ˝ Anime (but not manga) episodes (Genma Takes A Walk) Genma makes a declaration that is so Hot-Blooded that it causes his head to catch fire. Literally.

In Supergirl (2011) #24, Kara is literally burning after Cyborg Superman stole her flesh to rebuild his own body.

Walter ("Wallop") of ClanDestine has the power to transform into a Hulk-like blue monster- either voluntarily, or involuntarily when enraged. In the latter case, his hair bursts into flame (and he gets a whole lot bigger and more monstrous in appearance). If he transformed on purpose while relatively calm, his hair just changes color rather than burning.

Child of the Storm has Harry develop a talent for Playing with Fire. After this, when he gets really, really angry the air around him tends to get extremely hot and dry and starting wavering. This is generally a sign that you should start running.

In book 2, Ghosts of the Past, it's also wise to start running, preferably to another galaxy, if you can smell wood smoke around him. It leads to a much more literal version of this trope: the Dark Phoenix.

Magnetism combines this with a slasher smile when Twilight sees Rainbow Dash throwing her bracelet to the ground, shattering it. Rainbow and Fluttershy respond to this by running like hell while exchanging friendly banter with each other.

The Oversaturated World gives this to Chrysalis. She ended up burning off all her clothes the first time it happened before figuring out how to control it.

Can A Boo Be Friends With A Human: Mario of all people, with flames forming in his hands at times of such anger as a result of his Big Brother Instinct on more than one occasion. For example: when the Toad paparazzi want pictures of Luigi while he's lying badly injured in a hospital bed, upon hearing of Luigi's treatment from the Toad citizens and the fact he was dragged through a murder trial. He eventually completely loses it, not helped by his habit of suppressing his emotions so as to not worry others.

Of Sheep and Battle Chicken's Sara Ying Shepard's biotics are fairly normal, with a slight tendency to flare a bit more under normal circumstances. However, an excellent metric for how pissed Shepard is, or if she's crossed into the Butcher state, is just how melted by warpfire her armour is afterwards.

Children of an Elder God: Asuka is a very hot-blooded, very powerful pyrokinetic redhead. When she gets angry, she goes up in flames. Literally. For example, when she demanded that Gendo told her how her parents died, flames formed in her hands.

Films — Animated

Hades in Hercules always has a blue flame of hair on his head, when he gets mad it flares up, goes red and/or his whole body erupts in flame depending on the level of anger.

Played for Laughs in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, where the now dating Liz and Hellboy have romantic spats that involve her involuntarily melting/burning parts of the base... and purposely launching vault doors at Hellboy. Luckily, being half-demon means he can literally take the heat.

Averted in Pyramids, where Dios is very angry about an escaped prisoner. Due to his having a permanent Death Glare, people are actually taken by surprise that he doesn't leave a line of molten rock on the walls as he looks for the prisoner.

In Engine Sentai Go-onger, Kegalesia goes to Mild Bell Pepper level hilariously. Usually, one of her co-villains turns the valve on the side of her head to release steam.

Music

One interpretation of "You're On Fire" by They Might Be Giants is that the subject of the song is hot-tempered, and their head is only on fire in the metaphorical sense or in the sense of this trope.

Myth

Celtic hero Cu Chulainn was known for his very literally hot temper. He was once dunked into three barrels of icy water to cool him down after a berserker rage - the first barrel heated up so quickly that it exploded, while the second quickly boiled away.

Tabletop Games

Warhammer the Chaos Dwarfs have Great Taurus as mounts for their lords. They are red bull creatures with bat like wings, and are wreathed in flames that's hot enough to melt armor, and breath fire.

Asura from Asura's Wrath eventually gets so angry his anger eventually literally scorches his body. This is rectified later when yasha implants the Mantra reactor of the Karma fortress into Asura to handle the energy better.

Moshi Monsters: Diavlos are a type of Moshi Monster with pits of fire and lava in their heads. They automatically erupt like volcanoes when angry, but can also do this willingly.

Webcomics

Bob and George: Bob has fire producing/manipulating abilities so he tends to go through all the phases depending on just how mad he gets. Applies, of course, to Very Alternate Bob as well. Ironically he's only ever seen angry enough to burst into flames once in the entire series, and hilariously, it's rainbow-colored.

This happens to Fae and demons quite often in Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures , most noticeably when Dan makes a comment that sets Abel off. While Abel still appears calm and is speaking rationally, his entire body is engulfed in flames that he doesn't seem to notice-but Dan does.

This happens to those with the power of fire in Pacificators. It actually goes beyond the typical 'burning' and straight into life-threatening heatstrokes, so they actually need to cool themselves down quickly.

Wanda has gotten angry enough that the flames show up in her eyes, and her hair lights on fire.

Vicky has also gotten angry enough that the flames show up in her eyes.

In "Pipe Down!", after Timmy wishes away sound, Timmy's Dad tries inaudibly yelling at him which includes steam shooting out of his ears, his hair catching on fire and exploding until nothing is left but his clothes (which becomes a running gag).

In He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002) when Skeletor got mad his otherwise empty eye sockets would form glowing red lights in them. The madder he was the bigger and brighter they got. (may not be actual fire so much as magical energy but same principle)

In the Looney Tunes short "My Favorite Duck", Porky Pig gets so angry he bursts into flames, is reduced to ashes, then reforms out of a column of smoke.

Raven from Teen Titans gets blue flames shooting from her head when angry at her annoying teammates.

In one episode, Robin goes up in flames after seeing that Starfire has been betrothed to a Blob Monster.

In the episode "Feeling Pinkie Keen", Twilight Sparkle has struggled the entire episode to figure out Pinkie Pie's "Pinkie Sense," and keeps coming up short. She finally hits her Rage Breaking Point and bursts into flames.

Seems like she picked it up from Celestia—the Princess likewise burst into flame when confronting her alternative universe self in one of the comics.

Spike also gets in on the act in "Owl's Well That Ends Well". A feather he went through a lot of trouble to obtain for Twilight spontaneously combusts after he finds out Owlowiscious had already given her one of his feathers.

Pinkie Pie becomes steaming mad when Applejack tries to weasel out of a Pinkie Promise in "The Last Roundup".

"Nopony breaks a Pinkie Promise!"

When villains throughout Winx Club do something that pushes Bloom too far, she becomes so angry that her whole body literally becomes enveloped within a mass of flames, letting them know that they're completely and totally screwed because she's about to unleash the full force of the Dragon Flame power on them.

In Avatar: The Last Airbender a Fire Bender without sufficient control can do this when angry. This can be shown by anything from smoking hands to screaming fire blasts. For obvious reasons, its something of a safety hazard.

In The Legend of Korra Airbending mentor Tenzin's head will redden heavily when sufficiently angered, usually prompted by something his rebellious student Korra has said.

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